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Inaction and Reaction: Navigating the Path to Meaningful Action – 403

·1 hr 26 min·5 clips
Eric faces losing a major project after a subcontractor's error leaves him frozen in severe discomfort.
Host Spencer and guest Eric explore the balance between inaction and reaction in Al-Anon recovery, using personal stories, listener shares, and program tools like the Serenity Prayer and step work. They discuss how to pause for higher power guidance instead of reacting impulsively, with examples from parenting, work crises, and life transitions.

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A steady recovery conversation about pause, choice, and the cost of staying stuck.

Episode 403 asks a plain but stubborn question: when addiction keeps pushing life into fight, flight, freeze, or simple inaction, what does action actually look like?

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